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I'm confused.
How can such immorality lead to so much
comfort?
Shakespeare really said it well in 'to
be or not to be...' This land is indeed the land of outrageous
fortune, and I do indeed exist in the land of a sea of troubles.
Yet shall I lay down with the
immorality that exists to sustain that fortune, or is that the
inherent nature of fortune?
Mayhap I would believe the latter to be
the case, as how can one amass wealth if but through the exploitation
of others? In the modern world, wealth is acquired at the expense of
someone else.
So what of my life? I am fortunate
enough to be able to contemplate these things... Yet I still
struggle, and my life is the result of my force of self in sustaining
it, nothing further. Everything that's resulted from it is exampled
within my life, by that I have taken arms against my sea of troubles,
for how is it possible to live in comfort and wealth without
exploitation?
My dignity intact, yet indeed I do
still suffer. It is less of a suffering than if I were to enjoy the
luxurious life. Can I bear to live in a world where I am exploited,
or I am the exploiter?
I don't think I could bear to live as
an exploiter, so that really only gives me one path that I will
follow, but I do have the choice, and I guess that choice is where
character comes in.
So my character is indeed to stand
against that sea of troubles, against injustice, against harm,
against cruelty, against negligence. I keep fighting it, even as I
live within it.
- Jason
- Jason
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